Spry Memorial Lecture 2015 - part of a series supported by the Graham Spry Fund
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2015 Program
11:00AM MEDIA FAIR
(until 5pm)
12:00PM
INTRO AND KEYNOTE
Jesse Brown from CANADALAND
2015 Program
11:00AM MEDIA FAIR
(until 5pm)
12:00PM
INTRO AND KEYNOTE
Jesse Brown from CANADALAND
Jesse Brown runs CANADALAND, a crowdfunded news site and podcast network dedicated to media criticism.
He received the Hillman Prize for Investigative Reporting and a National Magazine Award for Humour.
He has hosted two national programs for CBC Radio One and written for The Guardian, The Walrus, VICE and others. He volunteers for Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and for PEN Canada.
1:30PM PANELS
5:00PM CLOSING PLENARY
Free event
5:00PM CLOSING PLENARY
Free event
Panels
[1:30 PM]
Stop Spying on Us will address the technical, legal, and political challenges Canadians face in working to protect and defend their privacy online.
Panelists
Steve Anderson is the founder and Executive Director
of the award winning civic engagement organization
OpenMedia. Steve is a digital policy analyst and
open Internet advocate who often appears in national
and international media to comment on telecom,
surveillance, and copyright policy along with other
matters related to internet governance.
Micheal Vonn is a lawyer and has been the Policy
Director of the BCCLA since 2004. She has been
an Adjunct Professor at the University of British
Columbia (UBC) in the Faculty of Law and in the
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
where she has taught civil liberties and information ethics.
Andrew Clement is a Professor Emeritus in the Faculty
of Information at the University of Toronto. His recent
privacy/surveillance research projects include the
Snowden Surveillance Archive, a complete, indexed,
searchable collection of all published documents that
whistleblower Edward Snowden released to journalists;
and IXmaps.ca, an internet mapping tool that makes
visible secret NSA internet interception sites and the
routing of personal data through them.
Moderator
Adel Iskandar is an Assistant Professor of Global
Communication at Simon Fraser University in
Vancouver/Burnaby, Canada. Iskandar's work deals
with media, identity and politics; and he has lectured
extensively on these topics at universities worldwide.
He is a co-editor of Jadaliyya and a host of the online
audio journal Status.
[2:45 PM]
[2:45 PM]
Beyond Fear & Great Hair: Shaping debate in #elxn42
In this panel, we bring together individuals and groups who were active in the campaign to share their experiences, reflect on their strategies, and offer some thoughts about citizen engagement in the post-election landscape.
Panelists
Donald Gutstein is adjunct professor in the School
of Communication at SFU and author of Harperism:
How Stephen Harper and His Think Tank Colleagues
Have Transformed Canada. He has written extensively
on the role of corporate media in disseminating
propaganda and managing democracy. He is currently
studying media coverage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Jamie Biggar is the campaigns director for Leadnow
and has a background in large-scale online and offline
collaboration to develop policy and campaigns. He
began organizing in the youth climate movement,
co-founding Common Energy and goBeyond to bring
university communities across British Columbia together
to support regional climate action.
Anastasia Gaisenok is the Executive Director of
Check Your Head: The Youth Global Education
Network, a youth-centred non-profit organization
that educates, activates and empowers young people
around social, economic and environmental justice issues.
@AnastGaisenok @check_your_head
#DemocracyCheck #UpForDebate
Tara Mahoney is the Co-Founder and Creative
Director for Gen Why Media and creator of Creative
Publics art project that engages artists students and
community members in federal election issues through
art.
Moderator
Milan Singh recently completed her Ph.D. in the
School of Communication. Her research examines
the bombing of Air India Flight 182, public inquiries,
and demands for justice. She is currently a Research
Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies on Culture
and Communities at Simon Fraser University.
[4:00 PM]
[4:00 PM]
Changing the Channel: News, Independent Media and Campaign 2015
We have assembled a panel of dynamic and innovative independent media journalists to discuss the role of investigative journalism and critical political analysis in informing citizens, empowering marginalized voices, and exploring the relationship between politics and the public good.
Panelists
Leena Minifie, Gitxaala Editor Indigenous Reporting
Fund at Ricochet media. Leena is a writer, producer,
editor and media maker, whose interest lies in the
stories of culture, land, rights & health. Leena
produced stories over the last decade for the likes of
CBC, CTV, Native American Calling and APTN.
She currently lives on unceded Coast Salish
territories in Vancouver.
Michael Stewart is the Blogs Editor at rabble.ca and
a freelance writer living in Victoria, B.C. He is a bad
editor, a PhD dropout and a union thug. Follow him
on Twitter @m_r_stewart.
The Redeye Collective has been produc- ing an
independent public affairs show for over 35 years
on Vancouver Co-op Radio. Jim Mainguy has been
with the collective for just over three years, where
he contributes to the producing, writing and hosting
of the show.
Moderator
Anis Rahman is a Sessional Instructor
and Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) in the
School of Communication at Simon
Fraser University. Rahmans doctoral
research explores media democratization,
policy reform, and journalism issues in
the context of Global South.
In partnership with the SFU School of Communication, OpenMedia, Vancouver Public Library, and Fonds Graham Spry Fund
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